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NASA and UCF Collaborate to Develop New High Temperature Powder Coating. This feature article was released on July/August 2020 Issue of the professional magazine, Powder Coating Tough . This was the result of an FSGC grant to Dr. Jihua Gou at the University of Central Florida under the FSGC-KSC Technology Development Program. Featured Research on..
Using Plumeria Pollination to Engage Student Scientists By Nichole Tiernan (Florida International University and Fairchild Botanical Gardens) – 2015 FSGC Fellow Nichole Tiernan article
In summer 2021, Embry-Riddle’s Dr. Aroh Barjatya and his students will launch two identical rockets from tiny Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, northeast of Papua New Guinea, thanks to a new $1.3 million NASA research award. “End-to-end testing was the overall goal to ensure that a CubeSat operates and functions properly in the space..
2 FSGC fellows from the University of Central Florida, Jonathan Sosa and Jessica Chambers, are part of a team under the leadership of Dr. Kareem Ahmed, have made a discovery that could allow travel from Coast to Coats in under 30 minutes. Dr. Kareem Ahmed, the students advisor remarked ” The FSGC DIF fellowships significantly..
Analyzing the Risks of Space Radiation As space tourism inches toward reality, and with a push for humans to reach Mars by 2030, health concerns for this growing number of would-be astronauts are increasingly relevant. Florida Tech College of Engineering and Science professors Kenia Pedrosa Nunes and Kunal Mitra are investigating the effect of space..
Florida Poly students identify new way to create oxygen in space Janelle Irwin Taylor Florida Politics Florida Polytechnic University researchers are working on a breakthrough technology that could simplify the way oxygen is created for such travel. Student researchers and faculty are exploring ways to use algae to capture carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. The technology would..
Novel Materials for Building on Mars – Univ. of Miami, College of Engineering. Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has been the subject of fiction, scientific research and engineering since the 1800s. It is the most accessible place for life other than on Earth, making it a scientifically interesting location in our solar system...
For Spacesuit Designers, 3-D Beats 2-D Motion capture software may help engineers improve outerwear for astronauts. By Danielle Rosales airspacemag.com March 26, 2018 10:23AM No astronaut would dare venture out into the vacuum of space without the protection of a spacesuit. But that’s not to say the bulky garments are comfortable, or that they don’t..
Rocket rumbles give volcanic insights By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, New Orleans What do volcanoes and rockets have in common? “Volcanoes have a nozzle aimed at the sky, and rockets have a nozzle aimed at the ground,” explains Steve McNutt, a geosciences professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. It explains why..
Florida Polytechnic student working to improve lives for astronauts in space A Florida Polytechnic University student is working to reduce depression and anxiety amongst astronauts in space. Student designing sensors for astronaut spacesuits Goal is to make missions in space more enjoyable Project funded through NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium James Holland and his professor,..
Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Students Researching New Planets and Ages of Stars Patrice Majewski remembers her mom waking her up as a child at 3 a.m. to lie on the front lawn and watch meteor showers. Looking up to the skies in Palm Coast, Fla., to see shuttle launches was also a regular occurrence. Alexander..
The Power Source of the Future: Thermoelectric Energy Harvesters NASA’s Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) awarded Celik scholarship money for two undergraduate students to investigate the additive manufacturing – more commonly known as 3-D printing – of thermoelectric modules and generators. “3-D printing of thermoelectric generators allows us to fabricate and print all the complex..
Despite setbacks, Florida International University students’ satellite destined for space A team of mechanical engineering students designed and created a satellite that won a NASA-sponsored competition, and as a result, will launch into space in about two years. But the journey to the great beyond, once complete, would have taken nearly a decade to realize...
Congressman Curbelo acknowledges FKCC and the NASA Engineering Challenges Competition Carlos Curebelo, a US Representative Serving Florida’s 26th District, recently spoke on the House Floor to recognize two Florida Keys Community College student-teams, the TechKeys and RocketTrees, who won 5 medals, 2 of them gold, at the annual NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration Engineering Challenges at..